Police on alert after string of robberies

December 10, 2006

WESTMONT, DARIEN — Westmont police are urging residents to be alert in light of five unrelated armed robberies at businesses there and in nearby Darien since mid-November.

Police said each robbery was committed by one man with a handgun, but suspect descriptions indicate the crimes were committed by five different men. No evidence suggests the robberies are related, police said.

In some cases, a suspect was seen around the business a short time before the robbery, police said. Four of the crimes took place in Westmont.

The first occurred about 6:40 p.m. Nov. 16 at a business near 63rd Street and Cass Avenue, followed by a robbery about 10:50 p.m. Nov. 27 at a convenience store near Cass and East Norfolk Street.

On Nov. 28, the employee of a business at 63rd and Cass was robbed while walking to his car about 8 p.m. Finally, a pharmacy at Cass and East Burlington Avenue was robbed at about 6:10 p.m. Nov. 29.

In Darien, a bank was robbed near 75th Street and South Cass about 9 a.m. Nov. 28.